Document Type : Article

Authors

1 Assistant Prof., Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 MA. Student in International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The U.S. has imposed extraterritorial sanctions against Iran and thereby impeded free trade for WTO members. In this article, we examined U.S. extraterritorial sanctions against Iran following the United States' unilateral withdrawal from JCPOA and its possible violations of its WTO obligations. Also, while examining the nature of extraterritorial sanctions, the GATT exception rules in particular national security are examined by raising the Russia-Ukraine Transit case of 2019. The study found that, given the scope of the sanctions imposed, the U.S. government has violated some of its obligations under the WTO and in view of the WTO panel interpretation of the defense of national security, the justification for extraterritorial sanctions subsequently imposed after withdrawal from the JCPOA is not acceptable and there are some legal solutions under WTO which enable the States to challenge the U.S. Unilateralism.

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